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Bangladesh Railway launched the Chilmari-Kurigram railway rehabilitation and modernisation project in 2023 under two packages. Photo: Star

Rail project misses fourth deadline, Kurigram-Ramna passengers left waiting

19 July 2026, 12:11 PM
Tk 63 crore rehabilitation work remains unfinished as trains run at 10-15 km/h and services drop to one a day
19 July 2026, 12:11 PM
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Jute farmers expanded acreage, extreme weather cut harvests

19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Nader Ali Mondal, a farmer from Jadurchar village in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila, expanded jute cultivation from eight to 10 bighas this season after earning good returns last year. But heavy rainfall during April and May reduced yields, and he now fears losses.
19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Embankment collapse puts Chilmari at risk

18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
A section of the embankment on Brahmaputra river’s right bank has collapsed, leaving the entire Chilmari upazila in Kurigram at renewed risk of flooding and riverbank erosion.
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Croplands buried under sand as floodwaters recede

18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Although floodwaters receded just a day ago, vast stretches of cropland along riverbanks in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are buried under thick layers of sand, leaving hundreds of local farmers uncertain about cultivating Aman paddy and other seasonal crops.
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Brahmaputra river erosion in Kurigram

Brahmaputra embankment collapse puts Chilmari at risk

17 July 2026, 12:59 PM
Residents warn of devastating floods unless urgent action taken
17 July 2026, 12:59 PM
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July Martyrs’ Day: ‘Before I die, I want the killers punished’

16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The afternoon sun filters through the veranda of a modest semi‑pucca house in Babanpur village of Madankhali union under Pirganj upazila of Rangpur.
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Locals unite against narcotics in Kurigram

9 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Once known for agriculture and cross-border trade, Naodanga union in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila has, over the years, gained notoriety as one of northern Bangladesh’s major drug hotspots.
9 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Dharla erosion threatens Lalmonirhat town

8 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Jatramohan Barman, 77, experienced a lifetime of losses due to the Dharla river’s erosion.
8 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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Vegetable growers all smiles

Vegetable growers in Lalmonirhat are earning more than expected profits from selling their produces this season.
12 December 2019, 18:00 PM
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Age is just a number for centenarian Gazar

November 20, 1911 is the date of birth of Gazar Uddin as per his national ID. The affable gentleman, however, claims that he is 125 not 108.
2 December 2019, 18:00 PM
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Illegal felling of roadside trees causes concern

Illegal felling of roadside green trees continues, allegedly by the auction winner for 1200 trees prior to renovation of Patgram-Dahagram road at Dahagram union in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila, much to the grievance of nearby villagers.
14 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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Chained for a year

While Abu Hossain, a rickshaw-van puller by profession, is struggling to run his seven-member family with his meagre income, treatment of his 18-year-old mentally challenged son seems a dream for him.
13 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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A health centre without regular health service

Dahagram-Angarpota 10-bed Hospital on two acres of land has everything--a one-storied hospital building, staff quarters, garden, signboards and even patients.
12 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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Female workers denied equal pay

Thousands of women work hand in hand with men at nearly 2,000 stone crushing plants around Burimari land port in Patgram upazila, but their daily wage remain far below than that of their male counterparts.
31 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Stone- Crushers Dying of silicosis, failed by courts

Burimari union, a border village nestling in a nook of the Indian district of Cooch Behar, is a village of stones and stone-crushing yards.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Amenities elude tourists, set-ups decaying amid neglect

The structures built to facilitate tourism at the 82-acre Sal forest in Nawdabansh village in Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha upazila have been lying unused for about five years now due to lack of necessary utility connections.
23 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Thousands leave home for seasonal work

Thousands of people from the district leave home to work as brick kiln labourers in different areas of the country during the dry season from mid-October to April every year.
16 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Blame game bars road renovation work

Local people have been suffering for the last seven years due to the awful state of the station road beside the district central mosque and Islamic Foundation office in the town.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Jute farming in serious decline

Jute production in Lalmonirhat has decreased to less than one-third in the last two decades as low profitability of the cash crop discourages farmers.
5 October 2019, 18:00 PM

SI ‘forced marriage of rapist, victim’

Father of a rape victim in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila has filed a complaint with the deputy inspector general of police in Rangpur alleging that a sub-inspector had forced his family to marry off their daughter with a man who raped her.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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A resolute champion of education

About three decades ago, Lokman Ali of Baroghariya Adarshapara village in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila had lost his land and other
18 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Audit finds fund embezzlement by madrasa principal

An audit report has found serious anomalies regarding spending of fund of Nechhariya Kamil Madrasa at Sadar Hospital Road in
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Traders, commuters suffer due to awful road

Import and export businessmen as well as locals are badly suffering due to awful condition of the three-kilometre road under the
27 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Country’s first aviation univ will be in Lalmonirhat

The Lalmonirhat Airport, abandoned since World War II, is set to be transformed into Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU), the first of its kind in the country.
25 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Mindless garbage disposal brings woe to townspeople

Garbage cans haphazardly placed across Lalmonirhat town have become a nuisance for its residents.
20 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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The Story of Teesta

The Teesta River, originating in the Himalayas, travels a long way through the mountains and plain land before reaching Bangladesh.
17 August 2019, 12:36 PM
Lalmonirhat Flood Victims' Eid

Lalmonirhat flood victims struggle to make ends meet

The flood affected victims of Lalmonirhat have very little to look forward to this Eid. Many have lost their homes and source of income and are struggling to make ends meet.
11 August 2019, 14:20 PM
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Teesta char people want houses on raised land

Poor people living in different remote char areas along the Teesta river in Lalmonirhat have sought help to build houses on raised lands as 16 homesteads made above the flood level at Char Sindurna in Hatibandha upazila provided shelter to the affected people during the recent floods.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM

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